Bismarck weekly tribune., 1887-01-14
THEY COME.
With All the Paraphernalia Of State,
the Legislators Are Coming
to the Capital.
A Few Rambling Remarks as to the
Candidates and the Pros
pective Legislation.
An Order OF the Court Resolutions
Of Respect and Other Lo-
.5s.... y cal Mention.
From Saturdays Daily.]
Legislative Gossips +

from Saturdays Daily.] #
Legislative Gossip. '# ,a,f
4 The legislative crowd i'll the city is still
small, but it is expected that at least one
half of the members and their friends will
arrive this afternoon. --
The, members who arrived yesterday
were:
4 W. E. Dodge of Jamestown, member of
the council, accompanied by his wife and
child. ..-
Councilman Collins, of Grand Forks, ac-
companied by his daughter.
Councilman II. NJ. Martin, Of Madison.
Lake county.
Representative R. Mcdonald, of Valley
ity, Barnes county.
Representative j. Fl. Patten, of Carthage,
Miner county.
Representative VIM. NJ. Berry, of Clark
county.
Representative D. w. Sprague, of Hope,
Steele county.
Representative D. S. Dodds, of Lakota,
Nelson county.
With these representatives of the law
making force of the territory came agoodly
number of the third house decorators. who
are here for more than their health. A
personal description of the members who
arrived yesterday, so that the people may
know them when the band begins to play,
would be the proper thing, but the TRIB-
iuNE hopes to be able some day during the
session to present their photographs, in
company with those Of the "Silver Starr
dancing club, in order that the beauty, the
Terpsichorean grace and the grave solonic
wisdom may be combined IN one grand nd
Dodge, of Jamestown,is pretty we'll known
to the citizens of Bismarck, his solid ply
sique and broad sweep of intellectual slope
making him conspicuous character in the
numerous gatherings of representative citi-
zens with which he has been identified
during the past few years. But there is a
twinkle in his soft blue eye and bubbling
people are still unacquainted, and prob
ably ever will be, unless they confront
him with Yankton flush and a "bluff."
Senator Martin, of Madison. is of the ven-
erable type, tall and genial, and sports as
soft and silken a hirsute adornment as ever
graced the face Of man. At first acquaint-
ance you will think he has been to Sunday
school large portion Of his days, but as he
warns up in conversation he has a pOlit
ical spontaneity to his speech that is a
pleasant relief, and when he says adieu,
you are convinced that he has seen more OF
life than the Sunday school.
While walking through the crowd you
will encounter man who is not over ten
feet high, but who has as inviting and
smiling countenance as you could wish to
clap eyes on, and when you meet him his
Representative Mcdonald, the irrepressi-
bic farmers friend. He halls from the
prosperous county of Barnes, and will be
among the most popular members i'll the
city.
Over yonder is big, hearty. go-as-you-
please individual, with heavy mOustache
and a mirthful eye. You will notice that
counter, and converses with an ease that
makes him conspicuously at home. He
doesn't care whether the little man in the
corner shouts louder than anyone in the
room, or breaks his neck in an attempt to
to talk to s. V. Jones, the entertaining
"six-foOter,' who placed S5 in the irrigation
fund early in the day. He sees all that is
name is Berry and he halls from Clark.
The scholarly gentleman with the
sunset goatee and the air of a
retired professor, who is now speak
ing Of the nebula system and it's eff
feet upon the paleozoic period, is D. W.
Sprague, OF the county OF Steele, and he
has pretty good idea of the prospective
legislation with which he will be called
upon to contend. He walks like good
dancer, and will be in demand at the mat
rimonial clubs weekly balls.
~" The tall and angular gentleman With the
Abraham Lincoln features and the Com
manche Bill mustache is Representative D.
s. Dodds. He will be formidable candi-
date for the laurels to be presented to the
handsomest man in the legislature, and
those desiring to form combination on
this issue will do we'll to gain his friend
ship. Mr.. Dodds is gentleman of expert
ence, and will be one of the stalWart men,
bers of the house.
THE CANDIDATES.
The interest now centers in the organ
ization of the legislature, and the gentle
men who are carrying the greatest burden
of care are the candidates. The important
offices are those of president of the council
and speaker of the house, and the candi-
dates are now in the field. Mr.. P. j. Nc
Cumber, who proved to be one of the ablest
men upon the floor of the last house is a
candidate for the presidency of the council,
and if the fences are properly propped he
will be successful. He is popular with the
people, and has a record which gives
good foundation for his claims. But
life is a lcondict, and it so hap
pens that other gentlemen are prominently
mentioned. Among theseis Mr.. Matthews,
of Brookings, who has good following
and will make vigorous fight for the
place.
Mr.. Washabaugh, the rosy and seductive
member from Deadwood, is also after the
presidency, and, although he is good
worker and popular gentleman, it is
feared that he will be distanced in the
race.
For speaker of the house there are two
candidates now in the field. the Hon. E. A.
Williams, of this city, and Frank Aiken, of
Canton, the town in which is printed his
championing Sheet the cyclonic and rip
sn0rting Advocate. The Canton paper is
the one which is going to rip out the bow
els of the earth north of the forty-sixth
parallel. devastate with the awful fire of
Its burning breath the land of the north,
and with one fell sweep wipe the pale
north star from the sidereal realms. This
is the town from which halls the talented
Aiken, and the support of this paper should
insure his election-or defeat. And it